The Best Print-On-Demand Wall Calendar Website

I searched the internet far and wide for the largest-dimensioned, print-on-demand wall calendar, and I found it at cafepress.com.

Size Matters

If you are a wall-calendar enthusiast and snob like me, then you like big, professional-looking calendars. If you are a visual artist or photographer, then you probably prefer calendars that feature images that you personally created.

I have yet to find a print-on-demand company that matches the professional publication standards of say, an Avalanche Publishing, which is known as a commercial giant in the calendar publishing industry. The closest that I have found, so far, is cafepress.com (see link below).

There are other companies that produce custom-printed clothing and accessories just as good or even better than cafepress, but for sheer size and quality in the given price range, cafepress produces the best print-on-demand wall calendars. I know this, because I have created virtually the exact same calendar at four other websites. I have bought the calendars that I created. I have used them. I have inspected the actual, hard-copy products page for page. In my judgment, cafepress’s 17 x 22 inch, oversized wall calendar wins, where calendars are concerned.

Other Print-On-Demand Websites Are Excellent Too

I made practically the same calendar at:

• lulu.com
  SIZE: 13’ x 19”
  COST: $ 24.75
  Online Storefront ?: Yes
• cafepress.com
  SIZE: 17” x 22”
  COST: $ 20.99 in my store ($25.00 in open marketplace)
  Online Storefront ?: Yes
• zazzle.com
  SIZE: 14” x 22”
  COST: $ 26.00
  Online Storefront ?: Yes
• redbubble.com
  SIZE: 11” x 17”
  COST: $ 25.00
  Online Storefront ?: Yest
• vistaprint.com
  SIZE: 11” x 17”
  COST: $ 15.99 Online Storefront ?: No

As you can see, the first four companies provide online storefronts, where calendar creators can try to promote and sell their self-published wares. The fifth company, vistaprint.com does NOT offer such a storefront. All of these companies do a great job, no doubt, but cafepress offers the largest dimensions of any of the wall calendars that I have created at any of these websites.

You certainly cannot beat vistaprint’s price of $ 15.99, but here you lack the calendar size and the storefront capabilities that the other websites provide. If all you want is a modest-sized wall calendar that you create, just for yourself and for friends, then vistaprint is the most economical place to go. If, however, you want an oversized product and a place to market and sell it, then the other websites allow this greater creative and commercial freedom.

Bottom Line

If big is your thing with wall calendars, then cafepress is the company to go with. If quality is your only consideration, then any of the companies that I have mentioned are equally excellent, where photo wall calendars are concerned. If size is not an issue, if selling is not an issue, and if cost IS an issue, then you cannot go wrong with vistaprint.

Other Things You Should Know

None of the websites mentioned in this article enable you to create a bold, professional looking cover page for your calendar, directly in their calendar creation tools. Instead, you have to submit the cover, print-ready, where you have added text, using either your own photo editing software or using online photo editing services.

I use pixlr.com , a FREE browser editor that enables you:

• to add text,
• to style text,
• to color text,

In sum:

• Use pixlr.com to create your wall calendar cover – FREE sevice.
• Use cafepress.com to create your oversized wall calendar – FREE service.